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Protecting Kids Online: Facebook Instagram and Mental Health Harms

Testimony

Questioner: John ThuneWitness: Antigone Davis

Narrative: KnowledgeHarm: Addiction & problematic useDesign feature: Content Algorithm
Q. · Question

John Thune

A. · Response

Antigone Davis

QuestionCiting the 2014 "emotional contagion" study and recent leaks showing similar effects on teen Instagram users, Thune asks what Facebook will do to counter it.

ResponseDavis distances Facebook's research from "emotional contagion" framing specifically, but describes a planned "nudges" feature to redirect users away from negative content spirals.